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Patented Oct. 2, 1894.

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No. 527,004. Patented 06;. 2 1894.

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ROBERT RAPHAEL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO )V'ILLIAM J.

' MCKELVEY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 527,004, dated October2, 1894. Application filed October 27, 1893. Serial No. {189,300. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT RAPHAEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and usefullmprovements in Car-Fenders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is a fender for railroad cars particularlyfor street-cars which is so constructed that it willscoop up a personstruck by the fender.

The peculiar and novel construction of my fender is pointed out in thefollowing specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of one end of astreet-car provided with my fender when the latter is raised so as notto come in contact with paving blocks or other obstructions which riseslightly above the level of the rails. Fig. 2 is an end-view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a side-view when the fender is lowered. Fig. 4 is atransverse vertical section in the plane w Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is alongitudi-v nal vertical section in the plane 2 2' Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is aplan or top View partly in section. In the drawings the letter Adesignates the platform of a'street-car which is secured to the beams BB. To each of these beams is firmly secured a bracket 10 which isprovided on its inner surface with a guide groove 11 as shown in dottedlines in Figs. 1 and 3 and in full lines in Figs. 4 and 6. The rearportions of these guide grooves extend in hori zontal directions whiletheir front ends extend in downwardly inclined directions (best seen inFigs. 1 and 3).

O is a cradle composed of the side pieces or cheeks 12 and the crossbars13 which are firmly secured in said cheeks. (See Fig. 6.) In the rearinner ends of said cheeks near their bottom edges is mounted a shaft 14which carries two wheels 15, one at each end, and the wheels 15 engagethe guide grooves 11 in the brackets 10. (See Figs. 4 and 6.) From thecheeks 12 extend ropes or chains 16 to and around pulleys 17 which aremounted on a shaft 18 (Figs. 1, 3 and 6) that has its bearings injournal boxes 19 secured to the beams B B. One end of this shaft issquare, so that a handle or crank 20 can be applied for the purpose ofwinding up the ropes 16.

To the under surface of the platform A is firmly secured a bracket 21which formsthe bearings for a pin 22, on which is mounted a lever 23,the inner end of which is exposed to the action of a spring 24 while itsouter end is connected to a pedal 25 situated above the platform A, sothat it can be conveniently reached by the driver or motorman of thecar. When the cradle O is drawn up to the position shown in Fig. 1, theinner end of the lever 23 engages a dog 26 which is firmly secured to arock-shaft 4l'which takes the place of the uppermost crossbar of thecradle'C(Figs.'1,3 and 6). a i i When the car is in the car-shed, thewheels 15 of the cradle are drawn back to the rear ends of thehorizontal portions offthe guide grooves 11 in the brackets 10 so thatthe front end of the cradle does not project beyond the front edge ofthe platform and the car when placed in the shed, does not occupy anymore space than an ordinary car.

When the car is drawn out of the shed, and made ready to start on atrip, thewheels 15 of the cradle are moved to the upper ends of theinclined portions of the guide grooves 11 in the brackets 10 (seeFig. 1) and in this position the cradle C is retained by the action ofthe lever 23 on the dog 26, but when the front end of said lever isdepressed so that its rear end is. thrown out of engagement with the dog26, the wheels 15 roll down'in the inclined portions of the guidegrooves 11 and the cradle O is caused to occupy the position shown inFig. 3.

In order to retain the front end of the cradle at the required distanceabove the ground, I have provided two dogs 27 (Figs. 1, 3 and 6) whichswing on pivots 28 secured in arms 29 which project from the front endsof the brackets 10. The inner ends of said dogs are bifurcated (Fig. 5)and engage a projection 30 formed on each of the arms 29 so that eachdog can move from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5, to thatshown in dotted lines in said figure and no farther. The front ends ofthe dogs 27 are hook-shaped and from the outer surfaces of the cheeks 12of the cradle extend pins 31 which engage the hookshaped ends of thedogs 27 when the cradle reaches the position shown in Fig. 3 said dogsbeing retained in the proper position to engage the pins 31 by theprojections 30 formed in the arms 29 (Fig. 5).

When the cradle is drawn up to the positlon shown in Fig. 1, the pins 31strike the inner ends of the dogs 27 so as to raise their outer ends andto retain the same at the proper distance above the ground and in thisposition the cradle is also supported by said pins.

In order to release the cradle G automatically and to cause the same tomove from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 3without the assistance of the driver or motorman, I have provided thetripping frame T which consists of two side-bars 32 and a cross-bar 33.The inner ends of the side-bars are pivoted to levers 34. mounted on theouter ends of the rock-shaft ll and when the cradle is in the positionshown in Fig. 1 the cross-bar 33 of the tripping frame is situated somedistance in advance of the front end of the cradle. If the car is inmotion and the cross-bar 33 comes in contact with a person Walking orstandingin the path of the car, the tripping frame is pushed back fromthe position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 3, the levers 34 arepushed backward, the dog 26 is thrown out of engagement with the lever23 and the cradle C rushes forward to the position shown in Fig. 3 sothat the person struck by the tripping frame will be scooped up by thecradle and all danger that such person may be run over by the car isavoided.

In order to retain the cradle O firmly in position and to prevent itfrom being pushed back, dogs 35 are provided which when the cradle isdown in the position shown in Fig. 3 engage lugs 36 projecting from thebrackets 10. When the cradle is to be pushed back, these dogs must bethrown out of engagement with the lugs 36.

The side-bars 32 of the tripping frame T rest upon the pins 31 whichproject from the outer surfaces of the cheeks 12 of the cradle so thatthe front end of said tripping frame is prevented from dropping downupon the ground when the same is in the position shown in Fig. 1 as wellas whenit is in the position shown in Fig. 3.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A car fender composed of brackets adapted to be secured to the bottomof a car, downwardly inclined guides formed on these brackets, a cradleconstructed to engage the guides and means for causing the cradle tomove on the guides substantially as described.

2. A car fender composed of brackets adapted to be secured to the bottomof a car, guides formed on these brackets and provided with horizontalsections and with downwardly inclined sections, a cradle constructed toengage these guides and means for causing the cradle to move on theguides substantially as described.

3. A car fender composed of brackets adapted to be secured to the bottomof a car, downwardly inclined guides formed on the brackets, a cradleconstructed to engage the guides, a dog 26 secured to the cradle, alever 23 pivoted to the car and adapted to engage the dog 26 and meansfor throwing said lever out of engagement with the dog 26 substantiallyas described.

4. A car fender composed of brackets adapted to be secured to the bottomof a car, downwardly inclined guides formed on these brackets, a cradleconstructed to engage these guides and to move thereon and dogs 27 andpins 31 for supporting the cradle when the same has moved down on itsguides substantially as described.

5. A car fender composed of brackets adapted to be secured to the bottomof a car, downwardly inclined guides formed on these brackets a cradleconstructed to engage these guides and to move thereon, a stop forretaining the cradle at the upper ends of said guides and the trippingframe for automatically releasing the cradle whenever said trippingframe comes in contactwith an obstruction substantially as described.

6. A car fender composed of brackets adapted to be secured to the bottomof a car, downwardly inclined guides formed on these brackets, a cradleconstructed to engage these guides and to move thereon, a tripping frameconnected to the cradle and dogs 27 and pins 31 for supporting thecradle and the tripping frame substantially as described.

7. A car fender composed of brackets adapted to be secured to the bottomof a car, downwardly inclined guides formed on these brackets, a cradleconstructed to engage these guides and to move thereon, a rock-shaft 41mounted in the checks of the cradle, a dog 26 mounted on thisrock-shaft, a suitable abutment to engage said dog when the cradle issituated on the upper ends of the inclined guides, levers 34 mounted onthe rock-shaft 4:1 and the tripping frameT connected to said leverssubstantially as described.

8. In a car fender brackets secured to the bottom of the car andprovided with horizontal ways, said Ways being downwardly inclined attheir outer ends and a cradle constructed toengage such wayssubstantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ROBERT RAPHAEL.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

